Note to self, if considering career criminal as a job, move to NY.

The title is slightly misleading, as the offender was arrested six times for petty theft and larceny since the bail reform took place last month. Still, you would think there would be some provision for repeat offenders of such caliber. Though I do love reading the Fox News comment section. Always a pleasure to see racism.

[quote] But Legal Aid Society, which represents Barry, argued the NYPD is using a few cases to spread fear over the new bail reform law. “Mr. Barry’s case underscores the need for economic stability and meaningful social services, not a need to roll back bail reform,” the society said in a statement. “Locking up Mr. Barry on unaffordable bail or worse, remanding without bail, ultimately does nothing to protect the public and fails entirely to address his actual needs.”[/quote] 🤣

Oh my. Who could have seen that coming?

What is bail reform?